Perhaps if the Falcons had tackled better or not blown as many coverages or had not traded half their draft for a receiver who couldn’t hold onto the ball, they wouldn’t have been staring at a deficit that seemed as tall as the Superdome roof. But this was not the Saints’ problem. And with the nation watching as Drew Brees stood on the doorstep of one of the two most cherished season records in football, what were the Saints to do? Quit playing hard?